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Thursday, 9 April 2015

Fruit-Veg Pasta Salad !

Some regular readers of my blog would have known well about my love for pasta and other Italian dishes too. But off late i have been consuming too much of butter , cream and cheese and i decided to make some healthy dish with pasta.

This pasta salad would have been more healthier with whole wheat pasta which unfortunately was out of stock in my pantry and i went ahead with normal pasta.

I should really mention that it was too much filling and couldn't finish a bowl..I personally liked the sweetness of pineapple and creamy avocado when really bored with the cucumbers and broccoli.

INGREDIENTS

70 gms pasta (preferbaly fusili / penne / macaroni)

Few sliced English Cucumber

fistful of chopped red and green bell peppers

few broccoli florets ( blanched)

one onion sliced

few lettuce leaves

7 to 8 baby tomatoes halved

half avocado chopped

8 to 10 green grapes halved

2 tbsp pomegranate seeds

2 pineapple rings (chopped)

half a lemon

1 tsp crushed black pepper

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp dried oregano (and other herbs if needed)

a pinch of chilli flakes (optional)

2 tbsp extra virgin Olive oil

STEPS

Boil the pasta in enough water with salt until al-dente.

In a big bowl, take the boiled pasta and then throw in the peppers, onion, cucumbers and blanched broccoli.

Sprinkle some salt and add crushed black pepper and toss well.

Season with the dried herbs (oregano and other herbs like thyme/parsley/ rosemary).

Squeeze in the lemon juice and also add fresh chopped parsley if u like ( I didnt have parsley)

Now its time to add all the fruits... Throw in the baby tomatoes, grapes, pomegranate seeds and pineapples and toss well.

Finally tear some lettuce leaves and add them to the salad.

Drizzle the extra virgin olive oil and give a nice mix. SERVE..

How nice it is to have a dish with very minimum cooking and with all fresh and healthy ingredients.!!